UK Stocks-Factors to watch on March 6

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening
9 to 11 points higher, or up as much as 0.2 percent, on Thursday, according to
financial bookmakers.

* Futures for the benchmark index are up 0.2 percent at 0730 GMT.

* The UK blue chip index closed down 48.35 points, or 0.7 percent, at
6,775.42 points in the previous session.

* The Bank of England's policy decisions will be announced at 1200 GMT.
Analysts expect no change in interest rates or in its quantitative easing
programme.

* AVIVA - British insurer Aviva has unveiled a 6 percent increase in
operating profit for 2013, one year into a financial spring clean of the
company's businesses.

* BHP BILLITON - South African state power utility Eskom declared a
new power emergency on Thursday. BHP Billiton is Eskom's single biggest
customer.

* IMI - British engineer IMI said adjusted pretax profit for the
full year rose 8 percent boosted by a surge in orders in its severe service
division, which caters mainly to the energy market.

* AGGREKO - The world's biggest temporary power provider said it
would return 200 million pounds ($334 million) of cash to shareholders, as it
posted an expected 8 percent fall in full year results.
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